Improvement in thill-supports for vehicles



G. H. PITCHER 8v L. YOUNG.

Thin-Support for Vehicles.

Patented lune 10, 1879 WITNES SES ININTUR);

MPE'ERS. P O-LIT GRA H .WA I

UNITED STATES. PATENT OEEIoE.,

GEORGE H. PITCHER AND LEONARD YOUNG, OF LEWISTON, MAINE.

A IMPROVEMENT IN TI-IILL-SUPPORTS FOR VEHICLES.

Specification forming,r part f Letters Patent No. 216,453, dated June 10, 1879; application iled April 17, 1879.

fstanding in the stable, carriage-house, and

other places,to keep them out of the way and preventthem from being, accidentally broken.

The invention consists in a forked arm rising from and extending over the yoke, with its branches curved and elastic, as hereinafter described. i

A represents the axle; B (l, the bow and yoke of the axle-clip; D, the lugs that receive the eye of the thill-iron E of the thill F and G the coupling-bolt. H is an arm, the lower end of which is formed upon the rear end ofthe yoke C of the axle-clip. The arm H projectsupward and forward, and is forked. The branches of the forked arm H are made elastic, and are curved outward, inward, and again outward, as shown in Fig. 2.

With this construction, when the tliills are raised they enter the space between the branches of the arm H, force the said branches apart, and enter the enlarged part of the space between them, so as to be held securely by the said holder.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent` The forked arm H, rising from and extending over the yoke C, and having its branches curved and elastic, as shown and described.

GEORGE HENRY PlTCHER. LEONARD YOUNG. Witnesses P. S. LAUGELIN, E. F. ScRUToN, A. T. NEAL. 

